ZT 0200 Three Knife Givaways!

offsetlover said:
...maybe try something different in style than what Joe did?
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Naw...The way Joe did his is totally perfect...I'd have to (try) to do it the same style. I have a fairly large hand, so I wouldn't want to make the grip any shorter than Joe did, and I like the fact that the knife is still held-together with 4 screws (including the pivot). I also really like the way his shortened blade came out...Perfect...Short & stout.:thumbup:.:thumbup:.
 
glockman99 said:
Naw...The way Joe did his is totally perfect...I'd have to (try) to do it the same style. I have a fairly large hand, so I wouldn't want to make the grip any shorter than Joe did, and I like the fact that the knife is still held-together with 4 screws (including the pivot). I also really like the way his shortened blade came out...Perfect...Short & stout.:thumbup:.:thumbup:.
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I thought when you get to 13,700 posts you had to give a knife back? :eek:

Right guys?

:)

mike
 
2brothers said:
I thought when you get to 13,700 posts you had to give a knife back? :eek:

Right guys?

:)

mike
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Actually, I did give one of my knives away a few days ago...A student worker who I supervise at the college that I work at (in the Parking/Security Dept.) asked me if I could sharpen his folder for him, so I told him, sure, bring it in tomorrow. He brought it in, and you guessed it...It was one of those $5 chinese copies of something like a Spyderco "Delica"...And a very poor copy at-that. The "stainless steel" blade looked like it was cut out of a tin can, and the (dull as a beach-ball) blade was loose, with a very poor lock up (it was a liner-lock, with the liner being about the same thickness of a sheet of standard printer paper)...Well, to make a long story short, I gave him my Kershaw Needs Work the next day, and told him to toss that dangerous POS $5 chinese "knife" into the garbage...He did.
 
glockman99 said:
Actually, I did give one of my knives away a few days ago...A student worker who I supervise at the college that I work at (in the Parking/Security Dept.) asked me if I could sharpen his folder for him, so I told him, sure, bring it in tomorrow. He brought it in, and you guessed it...It was one of those $5 chinese copies of something like a Spyderco "Delica"...And a very poor copy at-that. The "stainless steel" blade looked like it was cut out of a tin can, and the (dull as a beach-ball) blade was loose, with a very poor lock up (it was a liner-lock, with the liner being about the same thickness of a sheet of standard printer paper)...Well, to make a long story short, I gave him my Kershaw Needs Work the next day, and told him to toss that dangerous POS $5 chinese "knife" into the garbage...He did.
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You da man Dann, you da man! Nice gift this time of year and probably a finger saver for both him and you. You, because you don't have it to flick open on yourself anymore. ;)

mike
 
glockman99 said:
Actually, I did give one of my knives away a few days ago...A student worker who I supervise at the college that I work at (in the Parking/Security Dept.) asked me if I could sharpen his folder for him, so I told him, sure, bring it in tomorrow. He brought it in, and you guessed it...It was one of those $5 chinese copies of something like a Spyderco "Delica"...And a very poor copy at-that. The "stainless steel" blade looked like it was cut out of a tin can, and the (dull as a beach-ball) blade was loose, with a very poor lock up (it was a liner-lock, with the liner being about the same thickness of a sheet of standard printer paper)...Well, to make a long story short, I gave him my Kershaw Needs Work the next day, and told him to toss that dangerous POS $5 chinese "knife" into the garbage...He did.
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Excellent... I gave away my Sheriff's dept Blur a month or 2 ago. It was a great feeling!
 
2brothers said:
...probably a finger saver for...him...
mike
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I don't know about THAT.:D...The "knife" he had was pretty darn dull, so I doubt if he could have cut himself with that one, even if the blade had folded onto his fingers, but the blade on the Needs Work was one of the sharpest I'd ever owned. I also gave him one of those bandaid packs that NGK gives-away with each order...Just in-case. (And I DID give him a "talking to" about knife care & safety.).
 
I think if you do it you'll be as limited as i was with the cut placement,.....because of the weight reducing holes already there.

There is room to remove the last offset/screw hole and you could then have a rounded end,.....but that would also shorten up the "meat" in the palm of the hand and a big handed guy like you would miss it. It surely wouldn't be as strong a package that way either,......with one set of offsets gone.

I suspect my "baby" is actually stronger in some ways,.......the shorter blade length equals a lower load on the pivot and liner lock,.....thru decreased leverage. And one thing that is not apparent in the photos i took is that the point is much more stout because the blade grind does not taper as it was originally.

A few days ago i picked up a "Smith" diamond stone sharpening system at my local sporting goods store. Although i would have prefered one of the 3 grit large round sharpeners better suited to the these knives,.....this was the best sharpener they had locally.

I'll get the round diamond one later anyway,......but as i was mainly trying to get an edge on just the front part of the blade (the recurve was still a razor!),.........i tried it. The original sharpening angle appeared steeper than i could reasonable go,.....probably is around 20 degrees. I chose the 25 degree angle on the front part of my "Mini" ZT 0200 because the remaining metal was thicker from my cuts,.....and i didn't want to have the greater loss of black coating i would have if i used the 20 degree setting with the sharpener.

I will tell you it's still plenty sharp for my needs,......as i cut up some re-inforced packaging tape this week at work, and the re-sharpened part zipped thru that like butter.

With the stouter point of mine i bet i could open a can of beans or soup in a pinch also!:eek:

BTW,.....better get in a supply of those thin stone cutting discs,.....i broke about 20 doing the blade alone. (they ain't lying about the rockwell on these babies!) The liners and scales were a breeze however..................

Also,......even though by shortening the frame you lose the lanyard attachment holes,.......i figure if i ever decide i need a lanyard i can attach a cord one to the last set of offsets. There's plenty of clearence with blade tip in the closed position.

glockman99 said:
Naw...The way Joe did his is totally perfect...I'd have to (try) to do it the same style. I have a fairly large hand, so I wouldn't want to make the grip any shorter than Joe did, and I like the fact that the knife is still held-together with 4 screws (including the pivot). I also really like the way his shortened blade came out...Perfect...Short & stout.:thumbup:.:thumbup:.
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I've got to vote for Esav. If for no other reason than he's a knowledgeable, stand up guy who speaks his mind. Joe L.
 
No,.....you're not alone in that feeling. :(

I'm just glad the voting is not being over run by infrequent visitors to the Kershaw forum. Hopefully the folks most appreciative of these will end up with them.

......knowing human nature,.....we may get a last few days flurry of votes. :thumbup:

offsetlover said:
Joe, is it just me, or does it seem that the voting has died off alot?
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Essav Benjamin because of his impressive knowledge of knives-across-the board and his readiness to share his scholarship!
 
esav is really picking up the votes! but then again, he deserves it. sooooo many points/ideas/opinons over the years
 
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